Turkova Draga

Turkova Draga
Turkova Draga Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°32′11.45″N 14°55′59.49″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Lower Carniola
Statistical region	Southeast Slovenia
Municipality	Kočevje
Elevation	555.2 m (1,821.5 ft)
Population  (2002)
• Total	0

Turkova Draga (pronounced [ˈtuːɾkɔʋa ˈdɾaːɡa]; in older sources also Dolenja Turkova Draga,[1] German: Unterfliegendorf,[1][2] Gottscheerish: Shuəchə, Tirknshuəchə, Peatscharə[3]) is an abandoned village in the Municipality of Kočevje in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[4] It no longer has any permanent residents. Its territory is now part of the village of Muha Vas.

History

Turkova Draga was a Gottschee German village. It was attacked and laid waste in an Ottoman raid in 1491.[5] Before the Second World War the village had nine houses and a population of 46. Its economy was based on subsistence farming and peddling. There was a mill in the village and a few craftsmen's workshops.[6] It was burned by Italian troops in the summer of 1942 and never restored.[5]

References

1. Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 38.
2. Ferenc, Mitja. 2007. Nekdanji nemški jezikovni otok na kočevskem. Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej, p. 4.
3. Petschauer, Erich. 1980. "Die Gottscheer Siedlungen – Ortsnamenverzeichnis." In Das Jahrhundertbuch der Gottscheer (pp. 181–197). Klagenfurt: Leustik.
4. Kočevje municipal site
5. Savnik, Roman (1971). Krajevni leksikon Slovenije, vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. pp. 233, 247.
6. Krajevni leksikon Dravske Banovine. 1937. Ljubljana: Zveza za tujski promet za Slovenijo, p. 219.

External links

• Turkova Draga on Geopedia
• Pre–World War II List of oeconyms and family names in Turkova Draga